THE RUHR: A State of Flux

The resignation of Premier Theunis of Belgium (see page 11) was a blow
to the Ruhr and reparation moves. Although the next Belgian Government
is unlikely to change materially, its viewpoint on these two important
questions, the hiatus caused by the fall of the Theunis Cabinet had the
effect of throwing grit into the diplomatic machinery.

Premier Poincare received a definite setback from Britain. He asked
that the British Government should endorse the French occupation of the
Ruhr. Premier Baldwin stated in the House of Commons that in so far as
the Ruhr...